Removed, but later returned as an assigned reading for 9th grade honors English in the Traverse City (MI) West Senior High School. The challenged memoir is about growing up in poverty with a father who spent his money on alcohol and a mother who became homeless.

In February 2015, the school district trustees approved policy changes on how the district selects books and handles parents objections. The superintendent then reinstated the book. The decision sparked a backlash and drew national attention. Suspended from the Highland Park (TX) School District’s approved book list by the school superintendent.

Suspended at the Ambridge (PA) High School because the book is “racist and sexually explicit.” The challenged memoir is about growing up in poverty with a father who spent his money on alcohol and a mother who becomes homeless. Students organized a petition campaign asking that the novel be returned to the reading list in its entirety and that other titles that might be considered controversial remain on the list.

District officials responded, saying the reading assignment was altered to require students to read only excerpts from the memoir instead of the whole text. Concerned about its content, a group of parents requested that it and other titles be removed fro the list. This year was the first time the book appeared on the district’s high school reading list. The novel is about a woman persevering after a dysfunctional childhood and includes graphic descriptions of abuse, including sexual abuse. The nine-person committee reviewed the text in seven days and unanimously recommended to retain the book as one of the school district’s “curriculum-aligned resources.” 2017Ĭhallenged on the West Allegheny High School reading list in North Fayette (PA). After a parent complained about vulgar language and explicit situational content to the Marshfield School Board, a formal request was filed with the district to remove the book from the curriculum. Mansfield (WI) High School sophomores have been required to read The Glass Castle since 2010. Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.

The glass castle a memoir